This year’s festival has ended
and,
we are getting ready for next year.
The next Swanage Folk Festival will be
11th – 13th of September 2026
We will soon be ready to start sharing information about it with you.
Scroll down for a small reminder of the last Swanage Folk Festival.
“WOW, music was mind blowing and then Sunday’s session as well”
“It was all amazing but loved the dancing”
Excellent job, incredibly friendly festival, with lots going on
“The variety of music styles among the acts”
you smashed it, brilliant
“The best small festival in the south.”
“Thank you, the volunteers were so helpful”
55 sets from 51 acts, on 10 stages
Top UK folk acts filling the main stage
The bands
HGH
Swanage Museum
AllSort’d
The Swanage Folk festival were very pleased to hand over a cheque for £500 to AllSort’d at the festival’s 2026 celebration event.
HGH
Swanage Museum
AllSort’d
The Swanage Folk festival were very pleased to hand over a cheque for £500 to AllSort’d at the festival’s 2026 celebration event.
63 dance sides
The biggest Morris dancing display in the UK
Swanage Folk Festival - the UK’s biggest dance festival.
We fill Swanage with Morris sides and traditional folk from Ireland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
Scroll down for details on all the dance sides who will be here.
65 sides
Our traditional sea dance
Dance displays
264 displays taking place all around the town.
Festival Church Service
Procession
Dancing by the sea
Lots of fun at the Ceilidh
Experienced, new, young and old.
Adults and children alike loved the free children's entertainers
The team who put it together
Well those who weren't running other things at the time
Media Coverage
As reported in Swanage News
Swanage Folk Festival hits right note in record breaking year
See you next year